Airports / Alabama / PLR
St Clair County Airport
KPLR / PLRPell City, AlabamaELEV 485 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#1 / 32
Alabama airports by Google rating
5.0★ across 25 Google ratings — ranked against 32 rated AL fields.
20 nm
To the nearest alternate
Anniston Regional Airport (ANB) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
St Clair County Airport, listed as KPLR / PLR, is a general aviation field in Pell City, Alabama. Field elevation is 485 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list PLR as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Anniston Regional Airport (ANB, 20 nm), Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM, 25 nm), and Shelby County Airport (KEET, 35 nm).
Trip costs from PLR are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from PLR to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
KPLR
IATA
PLR
FAA / Local
PLR
Elevation
485 ft
Coordinates
33.5588° N · 86.2491° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs AL fields
state range 17–1,032 ft
At 485 ft, PLR sits higher than 59% of the 32 Alabama fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 20nmANBAnniston Regional AirportAnniston
- 25nmBHMBirmingham-Shuttlesworth International AirportBirmingham
- 35nmKEETShelby County AirportAlabaster
- 70nmHSVHuntsville International AirportHuntsville
- 71nmHUARedstone Army Air FieldRedstone Arsnl Huntsville
- 71nmMXFMaxwell Air Force BaseMontgomery
Location
Open the full mapKPLR · St Clair County Airport · Pell City, AL
From the ramp
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